Platanthera michaelii (Greene) R.M.Bateman 2003
Photo by © Joseph Dougherty
Drawing by © Rydberg
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Common Name Michael's Platanthera - Michael's Rein Orchid
Flower Size .4" [1 cm]
Found in western and west central California and Oregon in coastal shrubs, conifers and grassy hillsides as a small to medium sized, cold growing terrestrial that blooms in the later spring through summer on an erect, 20 to 60 flowered inflorescence
Synonyms Habenaria michaelii Greene 1885; Piperia elongata subsp. michaelii (Greene) Ackerman 1977 publ. 1978; Piperia michaelii (Greene) Rydb. 1901
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1(4): 281 Greene 1885 as Habenaria michaelii
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 640 Rybd. 1901 as Piperia michaelii drawing fide;
Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Vol 4 Ames 1910 as Habenaria michaelii;
Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 75: 266 Ackerman 1977 publ. 1978 as Piperia elongata subsp mihaelii;
The Wild Orchids of North America North of Mexcio PM Brown 2003 as Piperia michaelii;
* Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 142: 21 R M Bateman 2003
AOS Bulletin Vol 86 # 3 2017 photo fide;
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